Sigurd Nergaard

Sigurd Syverson Nergaard (March 28, 1873 – January 21, 1932) was a Norwegian folklorist, writer, school principal, and teacher.

Life

Nergaard was born on March 28, 1873 in Glomstad in the municipality of Åmot in Hedmark County, Norway[1][2] to Syver Pedersen Nergaard (1829–1912) and Valborg Olsdatter Aaset (1835–1924).[2] He graduated from the Hamar Seminary in 1893 and then served as a teacher at various elementary schools in Elverum. In 1899 or 1900 he married Helga Pauline Bækken.[2] In 1922 he was hired as a teacher of Norwegian and history at the Elverum Normal School. From 1927 to 1930 he headed the Norwegian film censorship agency (Norwegian: Statens filmkontroll; now part of the Norwegian Media Authority),[3] and was then appointed school principal at Hamar. He served on the district council, in its presidency, and on the school board and a number of other boards, including Det Norske Samlaget press. He died on January 21, 1932 in Hamar.[2]

Works

Nergaard published six collections of oral folklore material from Østerdalen,[1] five of them as books in the Norwegian Folklore Society series of publications:

  • Gard og grend. Folkeminne fraa Østerdalen (Farm and Hamlet: Folklore from Østerdalen; 1921)
  • Ufredstider. Folkeminne fraa Østerdalen (Wartime: Folklore from Østerdalen; 1922)
  • Eventyr, barnevers, spurningar og ordspraak. Folkeminne fraa Østerdalen (Adventures, Children's Rhymes, and Proverbs: Folklore from Østerdalen; 1923)
  • Hulder og trollskap. Folkeminne fraa Østerdalen (Fairies and Witchcraft: Folklore from Østerdalen; 1925)
  • Skikk og bruk. Folkeminne fraa Østerdalen (Custom and Practice: Folklore from Østerdalen; 1927)
  • "Utsyn over folkeminna i Østerdalen" (Perspectives on Folklore in Østerdalen; in Bygd og bonde 7 (1925): 152–178)

Other publications by Nergaard include:

  • Segner fraa Elvrom (Sayings from Elverum; supplement to Syn og Segn, 1907)
  • "Hardåret 1812 i Østerdalen" (The Harsh Year of 1812 in Østerdalen; in Bygd og bonde 1 (1919): 134–137)
  • "Kristian IV paa Kvikne" (Christian IV at Kvikne; in Bygd og bonde 1 (1919): 63ff.)
  • "Utsyn over Trysils historie" (Perspectives on the History of Trysil; in Bygd og bonde 8 (1926): 138–164)

Notes
  1. Sigurd Nergaard. 2009. Store norske leksikon. (in Norwegian)
  2. Sigurd Nergaard. Norsk biografisk leksikon. (in Norwegian)
  3. Norwegian State Administration Database. "Norwegian film supervision" (unit 13506).

Further reading
  • Skirbekk, Håvard. 1972. Sigurd Nergaard og hans ætt (Sigurd Nergaard and His Family). Hamar: Elverum trykk.
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